Holder for razor-blades.



No. 836,079. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

J. G. BARNETT.

HOLDER FOR RAZOR BLADES. APPLICATION FILED .AP1L18,19UU.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY JAMES Gr. BARNETT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HOLDER FOR RAZOR-BLADES- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed April 3, 19 6- seTial NO- 312,335.

To all whom it pea/y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. BARNETT, a l citizen of the United States,residing at N ewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders forRazor-Blades and I do hereby declare the fdllowing to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention refers to a device for holding the blade of asafety-razor for sharpen in Ipurposes, in which the blade can be lylnserted and uickly withdrawn and that is extremely simp e to operate.

Previous devices of this kind have consisted of a tubular sleeve inwhich the back of the blade was slid, and when the blade was honed thecircular sleeve raised the back end of the blade so far away from thestone that it was impossible to hold the razor-blade at the proper angleto the stone to secure a good edge. The back of ;he blade could notengage the stone.

My device holds the blade securely, and when the blade is sharpened on astone none of the holder comes in contact with the stone in thesharpening process.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a erspective view of my imroved device with a bladeinserted. Fig. 2 1s a side view of the holding end of the device withthe blade removed. Fig. 3 is a top view of the same, and Fig. 4 is anend view with the blade in place.

-I construct my device preferably with a handle 10, and on the end ofthe handle is secured a shank 11, with a short bar 12 normally in linetherewith and pivoted at 13.

The shank 11 and the bar 12 each. have the finger 14 projectingtherefrom, these fingers being pointed, as at 15. On each side of eachfinger is a lip 16, which are so disposed that they will engage on bothsides of both ends to the concave portion 1'7 cf the blade 18 the backof the blade engaging the shank 11 and the bar 12.

To remove or insert a blade, the bar 12 is pulled down, as in Fig. 2,and when it is relaced it securely grips the razor-blade. To liold. theblade secured, a bar 19 is pivoted on the back to the shank 1 1 by meansof the pivotal pin 20 but any equivalent means m1 ht be employed to lockthe bar 12 in line with the shank 11.

In Fig. 4 I show a dotted line that represents where the points of thecontact would come when the blade is honed or sharpened, and this figureillustrates that the edge and the back of the blade are the only pointsin the device thaTa'i-e. engaged as the fingers of the holder rest inthe concavity of the blade.

Having I claim is 1. A device of the kind described, comprising a shankhaving a fin er projecting therefrom, a bar hinged on t e end of theshank and havin a finger projecting therefrom, means -$gr locking theshank and the bar in line, and lips on the opposed faces of the fingersto engage the sides of a blade.

2. A device of the kind described, comprising a shank having a fingerprojecting therefrom, a bar hin ed to the end of the shank and ha m/ figa linger projecting therefrom, lips on the opposed faces of the fingersto engage the sides of a blade, and a bar ivoted intermediate of itsends on the bac of the shank.

3. A device of the kind described, comprising a shank having a fin erprojecting therefrom, a bar hin ed on tie end of the shank and havin anger projecting therefrom, means for locking the shank and the bar inline, and means on the opposed faces of the fingers to enga e arazor-blade.

In testimony that claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of April, 1906.

JAMES G. BARNETT. Witnesses A. PELL, WM. H. CAMFIELD.

thus described my invention, what

